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NJ S2486
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/13/2026
Primary Sponsor
Nilsa Cruz-Perez
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AI Summary
- Creates a competitive grant program in the Department of Education to fund nonprofit organizations that recruit, train, and place new teachers in high-poverty school districts
- Appropriates $6 million from the General Fund to the Department of Education, deposited into a non-lapsing fund
- Awards matching grants up to $2 million per year for three consecutive years, equal to private contributions raised by the selected organization
- Defines high-poverty school districts as those where at least 40% of students qualify as at-risk pupils (eligible for free or reduced-price school meals)
- Requires eligible organizations to be 501(c)(3) tax-exempt entities with existing partnerships with at least one high-poverty school district in New Jersey
Legislative Description
Establishes teacher recruitment grant program in DOE; appropriates $6 million to DOE.
Education
Last Action
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
1/13/2026
Committee Referrals
Education1/13/2026
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